The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-08-10
PATRIOTIC EN-S0LDlERS.
THE NATIONAL VETERAN ASSoCIa-
TlON JPHOLDS TIE PRESIDENT.


TION UPHOLDS THE PRESIDENT.
General Kosecr&nS Presents to linn Some
Strong Rcsolut Members of the
Grand Army Denounced for Their Mar
row-Nsinded PartiSanship.
WASHINGTON, August 3.-Gen. Rose
Grams recently received from Charles
Whitehead, chairman Of The committee
on resolutions of tic National Veteran
Association, Des Moines, Iowa, copies
of the resolutions adopted by that asso-
citation cepudiating the utterances Of
certain members OF the Grand Army of
the Republic in connection with the pro-
posed visit of the President to st. Louis
while the Grand Army OF the Republic
encampment is in progress there; com
mending the Presidents veto OF the de-
pendent pension bill, and condemning
the efforts Of those who seek by the rebel
flag episode ssto rehindie the flames OF
sectional hate and contention SIS unman
ly, urpatr;otic and neriting the con-
tempt of Intelligent men.
The resolutions also compliment Gen.
Blacks administration Of the Pension
Office. Gen. Rosecrans WAS requested
to deliver copies Of these resolutions to
both the President and to Gen. Black.
To-day he called on the President and N
presenting them said:
GEN. RosEcRANs Ar0RESS.
ssMr. President, at the request of the
National Veterans Association, OF Des
Moines, Iowa, in mass convention as
sembled, on the 18th day Of July uitimo,
I bcve the honor to present to you this
engrossed copy of the resolutions then
passed, declaring the views Of those
veterans respecting the attempts of GER
tain officers and members OF the society
of the Grand Army OF the Republic to
prevent the President Of the United
States from accepting kospitahties ten
dered to him by the city OF st. Louis on
the occasion of the meeting OF the Ma
tional Encampment Of the Grand Army
of the Republic, which had voted to be-
come her guests.
Gas amember of that society it affords
me pleasure to perform this duty and to
state my concurrence in the sentiment
expressed in those resolutions. | am
pleased to say that ] believe the general
tenor of these resolutions is in accord
with the views and feelings Of the vast
majority of the members Of the Grand
Army of the Republic as to the loyal re-
spect due the Chief Magistrate Of the
Union, and as to the impropriety of de-
nouncing him for doing what he believes
to be his official duty. [ feel equally
assured that those sentiments Will COM
mand the assent Of that much larger
body of ex- Union soldiers not belonging
to the society of the Grand Army of the
Republic who are surviving members Of
the real Grand Army Of the Republic,
which, after having saved the nations
life, dissolved and joined the great IN
dustrial body which assures the wealth,
the glory and the prosperity OF our
country.
TsE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
President Cleveland, replying to Gen.
Rosecrans, said:
ssWithout reading the resolutions pre-
sented by you in such gratifying man
ner, have only to say that, Judging
from the tenor OF your rem" Is, the
action of the veterans mentio I'd IS IL
the direction of acknowledging the duty
which deyolves upon them as veterans,
to emphasize the value of their services
in the field by patriotic service at home,
and to demonstrate the same bravery
shown In battle by q courage no less
conspicuous when called upon to defend
and maintain the freedom and patriotism,
which in peace is the safety of American
institutions. Understanding this to be
the purpose of the resolutions, lam glad
to receive them st your hands.
Gen. Rosecrans t day sent the follow
ing note to Com ner Black, with
copies of the resolu.lt as:
ssGESERAI: In compliance with the re-
quest contained in the accompanying
letter from the chairman Of the commit
tee on resolutions, it affords me great
pleasure to present this engrossed copy
of the resolutions expressing the sen.i-
ments of the Democratic veterans of the
National Veterans Association, of Des
Moines, Iowa, Ii mass convention as
sembled July Is, 1887.
SCORING GEN. FUTILE.
ssThese resolutions are replete with
patriotism, good sense and just denun-
citation of the distoyalty to the country
and treason to the spirit OF the society
of the Grand Army of the Republic
manifested in the recent attempts Of
certain officers and members Of that or
ganization to raise for partisan purposes
an outcry against the Chief Magistrate
of the nation, and to prevent him from
accepting the hospitaitics rendered him
by the city of St. Louis at the same time
that the National Encampment of that
order had accepted her invitation to
generous welcome. No less gratifying
are the declarations of the resolutions,
characterizing as wholly incompatible
with that loyalty which Is one Of the
three fundamentals OF that society the
attempt to use its voice in denurciation
Of the President for the discharge of
painful duty according to his judgment
and conscience.
ssWhen it is remembered that largely
more than one-half the rank sod file OF
the Union army, probably Of those en-
listing for the three months service and
certainly of those who came IN after
wards, were either Democratic or merely